Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [prep] [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Astronomer enters this under the year 835 ; but his chronology goes awry from 835 onwards , and the developments described in this passage seem in fact to belong later . |
| 2 | Like The Krays , it deals in mythical allegories rather than historical realism , and swerves unevenly between some nicely controlled dark comedy and unintentionally funny ‘ poetic ’ dialogue . |
| 3 | In that sense , a young banker is like a soldier on the front lines : he is obedient , aggressive , and amoral ; his efficiency depends precisely on this very narrow view of the world . |
| 4 | Because the morning maid goes home at one o'clock and does n't come back again until six . |
| 5 | According to the Observer , she always goes home at 6 p.m . |
| 6 | Migenes 's voice divides disconcertingly into two quite separate halves , the lower located on Broadway , the upper in the opera house . |
| 7 | Pip may have the wealth and social standing of a gentleman though he is a false one whereas Joe lacks both of these though it is he , along with Herbert that I would call the true gentleman of this book . |
| 8 | Because , although it 's before nine erm , the next morning erm you 're actually giving them now more lead time , you 've given them another day because an , sometime tomorrow you know , if it gets there at two o'clock and it 's off-loading in in in at the bay and someone checks that it 's been received and then someone makes a phone call to tell them it 's there , and then they 're doing something else , and then they come down and have a look at it , how many boxes do you think are sitting on loading bays that do n't get looked at for a day or two , or three , or four , five when they 've had a next day service ? |
| 9 | This applies even to such comparatively gross factors as minimal brain damage : in one family its effects may be modified and normalized ; in another they may be exaggerated and become the starting point of considerable behaviour problems . |
| 10 | Departs daily at 10 a.m . |
| 11 | She leaves home at 1 pm. , arrives at the market at 3 p.m. and takes an hour to do her shopping . |
| 12 | 1 Mrs Simmons leaves home at 1 p.m. but travels to the market at 60km per hour . |
| 13 | pedals over in the morning on Michael 's bike and comes home at eight o'clock at , half past eight at night . |
| 14 | Later the mass of dancers merely moves upstage sur les pointes to a pose and further ports de bras , then returns downstage to another slowly unfolding set of ports de bras and arabesques . |